Steve T Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Had a great dig on Sunday with some group members. Site is a location we had dug last year, so we knew what to expect from the site. The army blew the crap out of all the ammunition stored at the location at the end of the war. They dug a big pit, piled stuff in it, then blew it up......once a day, every day, for two weeks! Had some great finds from the dig, with some items being quite common for this site, (mine fuzes and 40mm bases), but others less so. In fact, I added some rather rare cartridges to my collection this weekend! Everything before cleaning. And now after cleaning...... No 152 safety cap, No 17 transport caps, 2 inch mortar transport cap, plus one I can't track down. Most interesting in this picture is the PIAT fuze holder, which is of the smaller type I had not got an example of. I have now! Nicely marked No 17 transport cap WD arrow and 1941 dated fork Bottom sections from 40mm Bofors shells, all nicely marked and WW2 dated. No 3 fuzes for the British Mk V anti-tank mine. Nicely marked and dated...... Bottom left the tip of a nose fuze, probably from a 40mm along with two wingnuts off 50cal ammo crates. 50cal bullet on right and then 50cal cartridges. But WAIT! The two far left are very slightly different to the rest....slightly narrower and the shoulder begins too low down for it to be a standard 50cal...... They are only bloody 50cal VICKERS cartridges !!!! AWESOME!! Never found one before, not got one in the collection, now have 2 Left to right......30cal die-cast drill round, made by Triang. 303 drill, (no percussion cap and no flash holes either). Next German 1940 dated 7.92mm and lastly American 30cal. 20mm Oerlikon cartridges.....or at least what's left of them. Hope you like the finds Steve T 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the colonel Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 love the ww2 fork , it would look great in the field section of my collection, its a chef thing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve T Posted March 14, 2016 Author Share Posted March 14, 2016 I have quite a selection of marked cutlery....... (this is about 10% of what I've got.... ) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 nice finds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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